We’ve previously seen an April 1961 timetable. This one, whose scans were generously donated by Tim Zukas, is similar but naturally there had been a few changes in two years. Click image to download a 28.1-MB PDF of this 44-page … Continue reading
The front of this map has a panel on the history of the Union Pacific, one on the comforts of its trains, and 4-1/2 panels of photos rendered in sepia tones. The map side is a conventional map of the … Continue reading
Union Pacific was pleased to announce with this brochure that the Challenger would begin operating as a separate train from the City of Los Angeles beginning June 1, 1957. This meant it would offer three trains a day between the … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a January 1950 timetable, so I wouldn’t expect too many changes in this one. There were some changes in times. Click image to download a 29.1-MB PDF of this 44-page timetable. The City of San Francisco left … Continue reading
I once downloaded scans of this booklet from the Smithsonian‘s web site, but the scans were missing two pages. I posted a PDF of those scans here anyway, but I’ve now acquired a copy of my own. Of course, the … Continue reading
Unlike the Overland Limited, the Portland Limited wasn’t an all-Pullman train, but this booklet is just as elaborate as yesterday’s. It uses the same typefaces, many of the same drawings, and the floor plans on page 15 show that the … Continue reading
From the mid-1920s through the mid-1950s, Union Pacific published little booklets like this one advertising many of its named trains. This is the first one I’ve obtained for the Overland Limited, one of its two most exclusive (meaning all-Pullman) trains. … Continue reading
Although it appears to have been issued a couple of years later, this is a companion booklet to the 1914 Columbia River Route booklet shown here two days ago. Like the Columbia booklet, this one is 36 pages long and … Continue reading
Through 40 photographs and a dozen pages of about 400 words of text each, this 52-page booklet introduces eastern readers to the Pacific Northwest. For Union Pacific, “Pacific Northwest” meant the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Mount Hood, the Puget Sound, … Continue reading
This gorgeous booklet has an unusual but not unique design. Though it is the standard 8″x9″ format used for many railroad booklets and timetables, the front cover is only about 4 inches wide, leaving half of the title page exposed. … Continue reading
